Our community held it's annual fall community wide garage sale. My kids have been begging all summer long to have a lemonade stand, so I told them they could when it was garage sale day. We purchased special cups and a banner and a sign. They helped mix the lemonade and they even made cookies and cupcakes to sell. While we were prepping their table, Tobbie, my oldest, suggested we do something nice with the money that was earned. We started discussing the different things that could be done with it and we came to the conclusion that we should use the money to donate something. After pondering this for a bit we chose to benefit the Fisher House.
If you don't know what the Fisher House is, it kind of like a Ronald McDonald house, but for the military. Fisher House's are for all military and their families that are inpatient and at least 40 miles away from their home. There is no nightly fee to stay at the Fisher House. It is funded directly through generous donations from individuals and organizations. The one where we are has seven private rooms with baths, a shared kitchen, laundry room, a dining room and a living area complete with a library.
Our family greatly benefited from the Fisher House when Tobbie was born. She was born at 24 weeks gestation and we had to medically evacuate her from Okinawa, Japan. We were fortunate enough to snag a room at the Fisher House for a month. It was so nice to not have to worry about a place to stay and the financial hardship it would have caused us to secure a hotel room for that length of time.
So, how much money did they raise????? Those kiddos raised $134.00! This week we will go purchase 134 travel sized toiletry items and hand deliver them to the FT Lewis Army Fisher House. I am so proud of my children and it makes me so happy to see them as kind individuals that are giving back to our community.
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